Data Source: For sources and data notes, see the methodology. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner, 2023)
This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023.
The United States locks up more people, per capita, at the staggering rate of 565 per 100,000 residents. But to end mass incarceration, we must first consider where and why 1.9 million people are confined nationwide.
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